UCSP EndTerm

• Kinship


  The web of relationships that form in the lives of most humans in most societies
• Kinds of Kinship


  • Consanguineal Kin
  • Affinal Kin
• Consanguineal Kin


  • Related to me by blood
• Affinal Kin


  • Kin by virtue of marriage
• Types of Kinship by Blood

  • Unilineal & Ambilineal descent
  • Patrilineal descent
  • Matrilineal descent
• Unilineal & Ambilineal descent


  Descent based on the side of the family (father's or mother's) which are roles that connect individuals with particular sets of kin because of known ancestry
• Patrilineal descent


  Both sexes related to him or her through the father's line only
• Matrilineal descent


  Both sexes related to him or her through the mother's line only
• Lineages


  • Groups in which members trace from a common ancestry
• Clan


  Descended from a common ancestor but NOT that recent
• Marriage


  Socially approved and necessary union usually between a man and a woman
• Types of Marriage


  • Monogamy
  • Polygamy
  • Group Marriage
• Monogamy


  One man and one woman
• Polygamy


  One is entitled to marry many persons
• Group Marriage


  Marriage of more than two persons
• Marriage Rules


  • Endogamy
  • Exogamy
• Endogamy


  Marrying within one's own group
• Exogamy


  Marrying outside one's own group
• Phratries are composed of supposedly related clans
• Moieties are when the whole society is divided into two lineal descent groups</b>
• Kinship by Ritual


  Privileged social relationship established by ritual, such as that between parents and godparents or fraternal orders
• Compadrazgo


  Most form of ritual kinship
• Types of Families


  • Polygamous Family or Polygynous Family
  • Polyandrous Family
  • Polygynous Family
  • Monogamous Family
• Polygamous Family


  • Family with multiple spouses
• Polyandrous Family


  • Family where one woman has a number of husbands
• Polygynous Family


  • Family where one man has a number of wives
• Monogamous Family


  • Family with 1 husband and 1 wife
• Basis of Sizes or Structures

  • Nuclear Family
  • Extended Family
  • Single parent family
  • Polygamous family
• Nuclear Family


  Main focal family unit
• Extended Family


  Family with more than two single parent, mono, polygamous families linked with
• Matrifocal family


  Family with only one parent, usually the mother
• Basis of Kinship


  • Conjugal Family
  • Consanguine Family
• Conjugal Family


  Family with adult members having a sexual relationship
• Consanguine Family


  Family members with blood relationship
• The family could also be part of political affairs
• Political dynasty


  Family that is in power
• Family members are involved in politics
• Basis of Residence


  • Patrilocal Residence
  • Matrilocal Residence
  • Neolocal Residence
• Patrilocal Residence


  Son stays, daughter leaves
• Matrilocal Residence


  Daughter stays, son leaves